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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 1900s
'Portrait of Blue-Eyed Woman' French School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Blue-Eyed Woman', oil on board, signed by artist, Ayral, French School (circa 1960s). Discovered in the South of France, this small portrait is painted with vibrant colo...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$331 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian ca. 1960's Beautiful Young Woman Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of a Beautiful Young Woman, ca. 1965.
Oil on linen canvas, 8 x 10 inches.
Framed measurement: 10.5 x 12.5 inches.
Signed indistinctly lower left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1960s French Signed Oil - Portrait of Fashionable Woman Emerald Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed with monogram
Title: Portrait of a fashionable lady in an emerald green dress.
Medium: oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait - Oil on Canvas by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame 37.5x27 cm.
Very good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 10...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Nude Lady Soft Lighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower corner
Title: Portrait of a Nude Lady
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Fashionable Couple Holding Hands Pink & Blu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: The Fashionable Couple
Medium: oil on board
Size: 13 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Herman Hyneman Original American Portrait, Signed and Dated 1907
Located in New York, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907)
Sunday Morning, 1907
Oil on board
15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/3 x 17 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Copyright 1907 by H.N. Hyneman
Inscribed verso: Sunday Morning by H.N. Hyneman
The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island."
Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master.
In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay.
In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
LARGE1970'S FRENCH MODERNIST OIL - PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: French School, circa 1970's
Title: Portrait of a Young Man
Medium: oil painting, on coarse textured canvas.
Size: painting: 28.5 x 23.5 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Modernist Portrait, Boy Seated " Mid Century Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950's of a Boy seated with a bowl of fruits. Comes displayed in a distressed wood frame, signed lower left illegibly.
Art measures 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Potter, Expressionist Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil
Bio:
Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State University of Iowa
Coreen Spellman
Biography
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978)
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art
teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and
muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and
industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism and
abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was
the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas
landscape.
Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I
enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and
making something fine and important out of it . . . It always gives me
great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being
inadequate material". (Trenton 199)
Spellman was born in Forney,
Texas in 1905. At an early age she moved to Dallas, Texas and studied
under Vivian Aunspaugh before attending the College of Industrial Arts
(Texas Woman's University). She received a Master of Arts degree from
Columbia University and a Masters Degree from the University of Iowa,
Iowa City in 1942.
In addition, Spellman received a Carnegie
Scholarship for study at Harvard University, followed by studies with
Kenneth Hayes Miller, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Charles Wheeler...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist French Portrait of a Woman Holding Flowers Expressive Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Portrait of Woman with Flowers
French artist, circa 1960's
Signed lower right corner
Oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 24 x 18 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992)
signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2)
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Clown and Ballerina by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Lady Black Dress Pearl Neck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady, Black Dress and Pearl Necklace
circa 1970's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Gold Earring, Silk Scarf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Scandinavian School, early twentieth century. Inscribed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Anna Ancher' with indistinct inscription and painted circa 1910.
A psychologically-penetrating portrait of a young woman shown in profile, wearing a gold earring and a polychrome silk headscarf...
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with a frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Portrait of a Gentleman in Red - Expressive Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman in Red - Expressive Contemporary Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (height) x 10.75 (width) (Mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of Mother & Child Walking In The Puddles
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A book collection of 4 drawings (in order of photos)
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Maria, Nude on Blue Background, c. 1950
Oil on hardboard
Signed lower left
On hardboard, 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 in)
Presented in a 74 x 64 cm (c. 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Italian Oil Pastel Young Girl with Pig Tails
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5197 Italian oil pastel of a young girl with pigtails
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch.
André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Three Men in Black Beret's on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Old Friends
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 18.5 x 16.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
woman in profile oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alexandre Siches (1921-2009) - Woman in profile - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 35x27 cm.
Frameless.
Alexandre Siches Piera (1921-2009)
Catalan painter with an innate capacity for dra...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Academie Chaumière, Paris, Chouinard, Art Center
By Leon Franks
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Leon Franks'; additionally signed and titled, 'Portrait of a Girl', on old label verso.
A bravura brushwork study of a young woman wearing a floral patterned shirt gazing calmly towards the viewer.
A noted portrait and still life painter, Leon Franks studied at the Academie Julian and Grande Chaumiere in Paris and, subsequently, in Los Angeles at the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Art Center. Franks additionally studied privately with Nicolai Fechin, Will Foster and F. Tolles Chamberlain.
Before settling in Los Angeles in 1936, where Franks continued his education and began designing for the movie industry, he did portraits and decorations for Vancouver theaters. The author of several 'How to Paint' books, including titles 'How to Do Still Life' (1952) and 'Leon Franks on Techniques' (1964), Franks was a teacher. He privately taught several artists, including Vernon...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excellent condition,...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Man, Surrealist Mixed Media Painting by Elisa Merino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elisa Merino, Spanish - Portrait of Man, Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Linen, signed lower right, Size: 22.75 x 19 in. (57.79 x 48.26 cm), Frame Size: 32.25 x 28.5 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Painted on both sides, recto and verso.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
10 x 15 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
Anita’s charcoal drawing gracefully captures a quiet, introspective moment of a woman abso...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a Man by Swedish Artist Martin Eder, 1954, Gouache on Masonite
By Martin Eder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Martin Eder was a Swedish drawing teacher, artist and ceramicist. Martin was born on the island of Gotland and spent a lot of time there, he also lived in Sala. Martin was a curious ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Gouache
'Woman in Aqua', De Young, Oakland Museum, LACMA, CWS, AWS, San Francisco
By Jade Fon Woo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jade Fon' for Jade Fon Woo (American, 1911-1983) and painted circa 1955.
A charming and character-filled study of a young woman, shown brimming with life and h...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist "Massage" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American signed interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Elegance – Oil Portrait of a Woman, Spanish Romantic Figurative Art
Located in London, GB
This captivating oil painting by Luís Muntané Muns exemplifies the artist’s mastery in figurative art, portraiture, and classical elegance. Renowned for his evocative depictions of finely dressed women, Muns presents a young woman in an opulent, multi-layered gown, her delicate posture exuding both grace and introspection. The artist’s soft yet expressive brushwork enhances the flowing fabric, creating a striking contrast against the dark, atmospheric background.
Muns, born in 1899 in Mataró, Spain, studied under José Mongrell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flowers In Grand Vase Watercolour 1930's French Impressionist Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Interior
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting: 15 x 22 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Charles Swyncop, Brussels 1895 – 1970, Belgian Painter ‘Le Petit Déjeuner'
Located in Knokke, BE
Swyncop Charles
Brussels 1895 – 1970
Belgian Painter
‘Le Petit Déjeuner – A Breakfast’
Signature: Signed, monogram top right and on revers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 60,50 x 50,50 cm, frame size 78 x 68,50 cm
Biography: Swyncop Charles was born in Brussels on March 21, 1895 emerged as a distinguished Belgian painter during the first half of the 20th century, leaving an indelible mark on the art world with his vibrant and captivating works. Born into a family with a passion for art, Charles inherited his artistic inclination from his older brother, Philippe Swyncop...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Nude Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Mark Farmer (American, 1933-2009), Portrait of a Nude Woman, Oil on Canvas, seated woman in profile wearing hat, signed "FARMER - AM" to side, in carved wood frame. Image: 15.5" H x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Man, Modern Oil on Canvas Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of Man (16)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's Symbolist Portrait Young Figure in Exotic Green Cloak
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Symbolist Portrait
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
overall size: 31.5 x 20 inches
painting size: 27.5 x 18 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Oil Portrait Lady With Sheer Black Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on canvas stuck on board, unframed
measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide
conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Located in Atlanta, GA
This interesting seated woman pencil study is by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). This unique representation captures the model's expression through trace lines and shadows that...
Category
1930s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). In 1959, when the artist visited French Guadeloupe, he painted several colo...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,371 Sale Price
30% Off
Mosaïc style by Charles Auguste Humbert - Oil on canvas 80x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with original frame
Total size with frame 110x90 cm
Charles Auguste Humbert, born in 1891 in Geneva and died in 1958, was a Swiss artist, mainly known for his w...
Category
1940s Pointillist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist American Modernist Opera Box Seat Theatre Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist opera view interior oil painting by Dorothy Van Loan (1904 - 1999). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size,...
Category
1940s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Grey Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Claude Benard (1926-2016, French), signed
Portrait of a Fashionable Young Lady
oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed upper corner
painting: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stylish Impressionist Portrait, Female Model, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stylish Impressionist Portrait, Female Model, Original Oil Painting
By French schooled artist, 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 28.5 x 21 inches
Wonderful impressionist portrait of a stylish French model.
This beautiful young woman is one of grace and undeniable style. Her jewellery is so striking, with a stacked gold necklace and a Princess Diana style ring...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Femme et Homards" (Woman with Lobsters), 1948 -André Minaux (French, 1923-1986)
By Andre Minaux
Located in Berlin, MD
Behold a mid-century marvel by André Minaux, a titan of the French School whose stylized Social Realist visions continue to captivate the art world. Painted in 1948, “Femme et Homard...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil - Portrait of Man Writing at Desk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed with initials and fully verso.
Title: Portrait of a Man sitting writing, wearing spectacles and a green jacket/ jumper.
Me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and colorful mid century Fauvist portrait of a man by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). The expressive and vibrant color palette, a signatu...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Blonde Lady Perched At A Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady at the bar
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
paper: 13 x 9.5 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1930's French Portrait of a Lady Sketchy Atmospheric Working Study on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
circa 1930's
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 22.5 x 19 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on uns...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Portrait of a Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Powerful oil on board original painting of a portrait of a man’s head by the American National Academy artist John R. Grabach. Signed lower left, “John R.Grabach N.A.” Signed verso ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,720 Sale Price
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1930's French Impressionist Oil Sketch Portrait of Semi Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 16 high by 13 inches wide
condition: overall ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Two Seated Nude Women - British Modernist 1930's oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Modernist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painte...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the portrait is a middle-aged man looking slightly downwards, wearing a collared shirt. This piece is completed in a tan and green palette, creating a somber feeling. Of particular note are the confident, thick brushstrokes - each one is well-placed in the modernist style. Similar in some ways to Picasso's portraits.
Signed "Joan Tidwell" on verso
Unframed.
Canvas size: 30"H x 22"W
oan Gay Tidwell (American, 1930-2002) was born and raised in Hollywood, CA, where she had some success as a child actor. Later, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington with a Master's Degree in English Literature and Drama. Tidwell moved to the Bay...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat. Pastel and Crayon.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame.
Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Long Brown Hair Lying Nude Study Oil on Canvas Painting by Robert Roujas
Located in Atlanta, GA
An intimate and lyrical study by Robert Roujas (France, 1908-2000), this evocative oil on marouflé canvas painting captures a reclining nude seen from behind—serene, weary, and imbue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Canvas, Paint
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Sleep' Huge French Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sleep, Huge French Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting Signed
By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005
Dated '1962' verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 43.5 x 18 inches
Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
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